It’s not ironic that they are traffic enforcement vehicles. That’s the problem! If I were chief of police, I would not allow any ticket agents to work out of cars. They should either use bikes or walk. Otherwise, they have too much sympathy for the drivers.

J

Has anyone contacted a newspaper or TV station about this?

James

Infractions like this just go to show that the NYPD is a state within the state and that no effort to make our streets more equitable will work until we are somehow able to force them to get with the program. As a rule, carrots don’t work in this city when it comes to promoting a progressive agenda – only sticks do. Sticks are the NYPD’s province and since our own enforcers are the violators, what can be done? Any ideas? Are there any Streetsbloggers out there who live in this Community District and could place some calls?

J. Mork

What’s the problem? Clearly the Traffic Enforcement officers are preventing everyone else from parking in the bus lane.

Ian Turner

It’s not at all clear to me why NYPD Traffic even needs automobiles. Whenever I see TEAs doing their job, it’s always on foot; what do they actually use these cars for?

UPS/Fedex/Package Delivery: Got a better PRACTICAL/implementable solution for them to make deliveries?

zach

Great solution for UPS/Fedex trucks: high priced metered parking. If every block in NYC had a spot or two with meters that needed to be fed every 15 minutes with a new dollar, only UPS, etc would want to use them. The companies would save in the long run by getting fewer tickets.

Enforcing traffic violations with officers in vehicles is like trying to cure TB by sending in contagious doctors!

herenthere

@zach: Great idea! I,mean, the problem with these bus lanes is that there needs to be curbside parking, for disabled people, deliveries, armored trucks etc. But it has to be limited and non-interfering with the SBS.